Although they probably are but the tip of an iceberg, Themostocles, Theano of Crotona, Diotima of Mantinea, Aspasia of Miletus, Aesara of Lucania, Phintis of Sparta, Perictione I, Theano II, Hypatia of Alexandria, Ascepigenia of Athens, and Arete of cyrene deserve specific mention.